Animal marking tag



NOV- 10, O KER ANIMAL MARKING TAG Filed March 30, 1929 llwzlvrok. JOI/IY 0/PMa/vo Ire/a.

Patented Nov. 10, 1931 i I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ORMOND KER, F OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA ANIMAL MARKING TAG Application filed March 30, 1929. Serial 'No. 351,275.

This invention relates to animal marking The serious feature, however, is that unscrutags and more particularly to ear tags which pulous parties, for their own ends, "may reare used for marking and identifying catmove or change such tags without detection. tle, sheep and other animals. 7 To overcome this, I provide a tag that The principal objects of the invention are has been found for all'practical purposes, 5 to provide an ear tag with which, once proof against tampering, once it is clinched sealed, it is practicallyimpossible to tamper or sealed in the animals ear and whichconwithout the fact being indicated. sists of a metallicstrip adapted to be fold- A further object is to provide a tag of ed on itself having an opening or hole adthis description that once it is attached can j acent eachend and formed fiat at both ends. be removed only by being broken and thus (lo-operating with the strip is. a specially. rendered valueless for use a second time. constructed cutting and rivet memberpref- A still further object is to provide an ear erably of tubular formation vvadapted to be tag of light and strong construction that secured at one of its ends, in one endof the can be quickly and satisfactorily handled, strip and formed at opposite end with that will be self-sealing and also pierce the a shoulder and a reduced hollow sharpened ear of the animal in a clean and efficient extension to snugly engage with and promanner. trude through the opening in the other end It is well known that metallic tags usuof the strip, to provide, when clinched,asealally made of aluminum are now in use for ing flange. The rivet member isof reduced 7 the purpose of identifying cattle, sheep and diameter between its ends and the shoulder other animals and are formed with one end 7 is adapted to co-act with the sharpened 'eX- pointed and the other end provided with an tension .to clamp the last mentionedv end of eyelet through which the pointed end may the strip when the extension is clinched be projected and clinched, the point belng against the strip.

designed to pierce the ear before it engages Itwill be noted that the body of the sealwith the eyelet. It is also known that ear in be f th f d f th t i t s are applied by means of tongues 01' or band is concaved to provide an intermepliers, whereby in one operatlon the ear f diate body portion of lesser diameter, so that i0 the animal is pierced and the pointed end the ear, when. cut engage freely thereof the tag clinched. with without causing irritation, and thus I am aware that the idea f pp y g a assist in quickly. and satisfactorily healing metal band as above described, are not new. th wound i th I am also fully aware from longpractical E ri t have proved that, once the I) experience that and other forms of metal flange is formed on the upper face or one ide g heretofore a 11OW 1 11 l are by no of the strip by clinching the extension against means Proof agamst bemg Pampered the adjacent end of the strip it is impossible with and actually taken off, substltuted or to remove the tag Without breaking. it In ge 'l after bemg. i d this way and with this combination,.a perfect My invention therefore is large y it entl e self-piercing and self sealin identification with overcoming this partlcularly weak featag for live Stock is rovided ivithout the use ture in identification tags. Whether it is g y Special gg demerits.

1:; a s O 0 355.23.?tltti. tttfii a22213533.?232 e one appear present to be an ear tag on the {nemnlc lP wltllfiflt e self p a market which is proof against being tammg andflollole f g rllet mBmbQY Produces pered with or against becoming detached Prim/916111, @fficlent and econolmcal result: from the ears of animals when herded tothat h not heretofore been attained by anygether and coming in contact with each other, -one,-to my knowledge.

or when the animals rub against obstacles. Referring now to the drawings inwhich like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Fig. 1 is an enlargedperspective view of the tag in open position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the tag open with dotted lines showing the pliers or tool for clinching it.

Fig; 3 isaa longitudinal section ofthe-"tag in closed position.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, in which an example'of the invention is disclosed, A indicates the usual metallic band or strip folded upon itself as'at" 10. to form the substantially flat arm 11 and the sloping arm 12, bent'adjacent'the end as at .13 to form a substantially fiat portion 14c hereinafter more fully referred ,to. Adja- .centthe. ends of. the strip aretheopenings or Iho1es1-5 and16. l t-1101mm is provided, in ,portion.1{1, toreceiveraypin 15b of the clar 1p- -.ing;tongs which are shownindotted.lines.

:In the form in which the, tags are supplied to.the,users,i thelarm .11 has. rigidly: secured in the hole 16a combined cutting; and sealing rivet.;or .linkmember'fB, which in combination with the construction: ofthe strip, and miore particnlaily the flatiendportion 14., forms an. essential and; novel ffeatn re of V the invention. '.This member 1B,..here shown. as

.oftubular construction .as at.1'. is spread as -.at.18,.at. its. lowenend, to. be suitably secured thelholelti ofthearmll. IThe member B: may. be of substantially the same material asthe stripIA, and'is formed withan. extension .19. taperedwand. terminating in:a cutting. ldgeEZO adapted. to piercethe .eano'fan animal. aBetweenfthe extension. 19

andtheibo'dy of. the 1 member .13 isformedv a Csho1'1lderl21 .adaptedv to engage with. the un- 'derside of the flat portionl l of. the -.arm. 12,

:Whenrthe. extension 19-l1as pierced the rammals ear' to engage \with and protrude" beyond the opening115 ,;so that when clinched,

l thisexten'sion will-form, as disclosed in, Fig.

-- 3, an extended circumferential flange22 on one side of the strip, which with theshoulder "21 Willclamp the extremity oflthe-arm12, thus 'in one operation of'the sealing tool, piercing the. ear and sealing the tag.

'It will'be noted, "from the "foregoing, that the member B canibe secured to the strip or separate'therefrom as. required. It will also beclear that' the strip or band A is folded rnear' themiddle inthedirection' of its length bein'g'broughtround. insucha'way that: the

' fiat iapertured' portion or one end'w'ill'regi'ster with the flat apertured opposite end, whereby when theends are sealed, by the "memberql-a suiiicient spaceis provided to G3 prevent undue pressure on, "or-irritation of the-animals ear. The body ofthe member B is' prferably concaved.

lnsapplying the'taggand as disclosed in Fig. 2, it is placed in thetongszor pliers C,-of

1 :speeiaheonstruction-.and slippediovent-herside of the ear of the animal; the pliers are then compressed, the extension 19 of the member B pierces the ear of the animal and engages with the opening 15, is clinched and convert ed into the flange 22 on the upper side of the strip, while at the same time, the shoulder 21.is clamped against the underside of the asti'ipl 'While a specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described, 1t

should -be clearlyunderstood that the detailed parts thereof may, or may not, appear in 'the' preferred forms, and also that the preferred forms may be varied from time to 'time, deperfdingupon the circumstances and 1 conditions governing, and governed by, the [development of this-invention and the. arts .to which it is incident so the interested-inquirer is directed tointerpret the scope of thisinventionffrom the claim, in which. the

spirit-is. setforth.

'Icla1m: A marking tag foranlma-ls and thelike comprising apliable strip having an opening in one of. its extremities and a rivet secured at one of its ends to the opposite extremity of the strip and provided at its opposite end with. a shoulder and a reduced hollow sharpened extension snugly receivable in said opening, the rivet being of reduced diameter JOHN ORMOND .KER.

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